Re: Please help me - I can't take it anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: summer (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Jun 27 17:23:02 2008
hi, ampyali64@gmail.com who is your surgery with?
You are indeed correct, also here's a good article
http://www.endometriosistreatment.org/html/reprint7.html
>
>Sorry you are in so much pain. There shouldn't be any need for two
>surgeries. The doctor who does your excision surgery is probably very
>well qualified to do the hysterectomy at the same time if you really
>need one. Hysterectomy won't relieve endo pain--especially when you
>have the implants all over the place. I read somewhere that endo is the
>only disease in the world in which it is considered acceptable to remove
>an unaffected organ and leave the disease in place. Your endo didn't
>come back, it was never completely removed in the first place. Your
>pain sounds very typical for endo pain--if I were to describe my pain it
>would sound very similar to yours. Hope you get relief soon--the endo
>specialists have excellent records for success and try to leave organs
>intact whenever they can. I'm scheduled for my excision in three weeks.
>Good luck!
>
>At Fri, 27 Jun 2008, anonymous wrote:
>>
>>I had a lap last year in June - and the doc did a partial hysterectomy.
>>Removed right tube and part of right ovary [he couldn't get it all
>>because it was stuck to my bowel]. I had 6 chocolate cysts removed too.
>>I also have had part of my left ovary removed due to a chocolate cyst
>>that ruptured.
>>
>>Since my last surgery, I have been having awful pains in my lower
>>back/tailbone area and my mid section - it feels like I am being cut in
>>half. I also have terrible gas pain - like you wouldn't beleive. Is
>>this normal? My doc seems to think I need a hysterectomy and I am sooooo
>>ready for it. I have tried every hormone therapy in the book, and
>>nothing seems to help. I was told I have stage IV endo - and it is
>>literally everywhere :(
>>
>>It has gotten so bad, it hurts all the time and I cant bend over.
>>
>>Lately, I have lost my hope of ever feeling well again. I am setting up
>>a hysterectomy as soon as I can, but I was scheduled for excision with
>>Dr. Orbuch after I have a colonoscopy. Any advice? I don't think I can
>>go through two more surgeries - thus my desire for a hysterectomy. What
>>if the excision doesn't work? I am shot and worn out, and I haven't been
>>living for quite some time now due to the endo. It is winning.
>>
>>Thanks for listening.
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